Embossed layer of felt.



F. W, MOGRE. EMBOSSBD LAYER '0F FELT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13,1910. RBNEWED PEB.19, 1913.

Patented oct. 27, 19141..- r

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To all wim/nt t may amiamo/1] i e, pressure roii d, which is Be it known that L Fimo; neit e vpettern roi by e suiicient :i citizen the United States, resi zetor layer. e oi felt to y Newark County Of ESS-@X9 md Sinti, he :ted o: a Jioii Ibetween the said v Jersey, have invented mi improve; reihe, So :i or proie portions of the 60 Embossed Layers of Feit, et which ouder soiiiiee i( of the shee-J or layer e izi'to lowing description, in connection Wi or wheels en in the ciroumeeompaoyiog drewipgs5 is e, s* i mi rt ,seid oloids or relike .ieiters oii the drawings patte o.. The portions of i0 like parts. forced under eom 65 This invention reha/tes to e htyer or p Ysie a7 ereeoiifined thereof feit having one or both of its surfaces pm in ngen latenti movement by the Walis of vided With a design, which is rorn'ied by a :it-- the moif thug projecting portionseif seid 5 iriwe nod ed, White the;7 are out et? foy the Getting edge 1.5 shpiitoneousiy eoiiipsetiig; :md ezieoff( ingr o'i my trmeiing beit or 70 the out portions of seid soi ee, whe y n between suitable guides soperiorprodiict is obtained in whiei'i the Y 2f .jid with reiotioii to sign is sharply defined and the det ii oi? the pattern voit? so that its Hitting edge is 1n- Which is made to stand out prominent-i3. To terpoxr` ,he snit! roll and the surthis end, the ieyer feit is so rjeoted I oi i. or hij/er adjacent '15 eetioii of a. machine provided f ith a surface having e series of weiis or which form molds into which por one surface of the sheet or izwer are i'oi under compression by e pre e member or ees of roll, and out oii1 from. the seid suigooe oy a faire Y knife having; e thin cutting edge which is iii` is heioif the iiiedzum ii i6 @i the knife,

terposed between the felt sheet or loyer and wherefy at sharp, slitting edge is obthe pattern, so as to cut only the portions of zjued, which. is eepaoie of being carried 3o the surface which are coiriined iii the molds forward between. the roiis @I d? to or in close 85 or patterns. The imite outs the projeotiiiig proximity to the i 7"ne through the portions of the surface olif 'the teit sheet or axial centers of soie rolls :it which point the .layer at the point of greatest compre vfeit sheet or i* v, is subjected the greatand nets to eoi'upoet and colon ,t eompre i si und the Cutting; edge acts i' tiuinthxiiy' with iehitioii to the pattern '90 serez-s the portion. o the 'i `t sheet or which projecf-7 irom the under ito meid, which is zatost compres- Ve cutting edge forms e closure 95 r the mold am patte Y, is moved toward 1e knife, iid le opp r surface oi' seid outroxi or eaieoder the out under soriaee of the felt erehy wie 20 of smid 100 l, smoothed und the fuzzy rizisaid surface, #tail und With i .rmed by the out 1935 'y loose or .fuzzymy o: 'ion 2i oft the Surii which f' i 'that the )ro`ections ere out with the reso parted to them 9, deeidediy di t" ence from those portions of the by the out portions are sharply deiiiied uid marked with respect to the roieut por.'

Figure l represent embodying this invention.

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produced.

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.50 which is formed ir. the eireimfei roll Z) of iiietoi, h i rubber material, and which is shown es r and rotated by Contact with e h o Feit isiyer or sheet is repre Above the pattern( ,roii with its e iii 'i by the open appearance of in a vertical line with the axial center of 'the the drawing, Whereas he .nished appear- 11e ance of the cut portions 20, which form the design, is represented by the close or fine appearance of the said cut portions.

rJlhe felt sheet or layer may be composed of the same quality or different qualities or kinds of fiber, and in either case the design is sharply defined and a highly pleasing effect produced.

The machine with which the design is produced in a felt sheet or layer, is not herein claimed, as it forms the subject-matter of a separate application, Serial No. 571,779, filed by me on July 13, 1910.

Any desired design may be obtained by providing the proper or desired pattern.

ln U. S. Patent No. 1,005,059 granted to nie October 3, 1911, l have shown and de scribed a product, which approximates the product herein shown and described, but which differs therefrom in two respects. The product described in the patent referred to, is provided with layers of different texture, the outer layer being irmer than the inner layer of the fabric, and the design was made by removing portions of the firmer outside layer, and the detail in the design was emphasized by the diiference in color between the color of the riner portion which was removed and the firmer portion left uncut and forming the bottom of the design. In the present instance, the'brous layer may be of one color throughout or it may be of two colors as in the patent referred to, but

. in either case, the sharpness or detail of the design is brought out more by the diier ence in the appearance of the fibers of the yat and uncut portions. 1n the present instance, it will be observed that the knife employed is different from the knife of the patent, in that the knife herein shown has its upper beveled surface longer than the lower beveled surface and that the longer beveled surface extends beyond or below the median line of the knife, which enables the cutting edge formed by the two surfaces to be made thin and brought near to the point r of greatest compression, which is in thevertical line through the centers of the rolls Md, and which thereby causes the upper surface of the thin cutting edge to iron and compact the fibers of the bottom of the design, which changes the appearance of the cut and uncut portions and thereby produces the design, which is sharply and clearly delined in the fibrous layer of one texture or quality of fiber. The shorter beveled lower surface of the knife enables the latter to be made of sufficient thickness at the lvicinity of the thin cutting edge to obtain the rigidity desired in the knife necessary to produce the ironing or compacting effect upon the fibers of the cut portion.

Claim: 'l

' As an improved article of manufacture, a flexible sheet or layer of felt having portions of an outer surface cut away to form a design in said surface, the fibers of the cut portion being more compact and smoother than the fibers of the uncut portion of said surface to impart to the portion in design a l finish whereby said design is sharply defined and brought out in detail, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, 1 have signedmy i name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. FREDERICK W. MOORE.

' Witnesses: l

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, J. M. MURPHY. 

